Gitpod has laid off 28% of the company which is circa 21 employees

Re:Gitpod has laid off 28% of the company which is circa 21 ... by dustedcodes on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @10:47AM (#34505054)

The mass layoffs are despicable, and it wouldn't fly in Europe, but if you employ 100k people then I think it is fair to say that there is probably a lot of BS jobs floating around where people do nothing but sit in useless meetings all day. I mean some of them have documented it openly on TikTok. Just watch any of the "A day as X at company Y" videos and you'll see all some people do is brunch, drink matcha lattes and then sit in some relaxation pod.

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Re:Gitpod has laid off 28% of the company which is circa 21 ... by marcosdumay on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:42AM (#34506068)

> I think it is fair to say that there is probably a lot of BS jobs floating around where people do nothing but sit in useless meetings all day

Yes, it's fair to say those people exist.

It's not fair to claim to know their quantity, that management knows who they are, or that it's always their fault they don't create anything.

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Re:Gitpod has laid off 28% of the company which is circa 21 ... by Shounak on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:41AM (#34506051)

Those TikTok videos are usually produced or at least approved by the marketing and recruiting arms of those companies, and don't usually match employees' real day to day experience

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